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Excerpt Tour: Mated in Mist

Mated in Mist by Carrie Ann Ryan –
Excerpt Tour Feb 7-10

Mated in Mist

Talon Pack Book 3

Coming Feb 16th, 2016

The
Talon Pack continues with an outcast witch and a wolf who can see past the
darkness.

As
Heir to the Talon Pack, Ryder Brentwood carries the responsibility of not only
protecting his Pack, but ensuring its future. Only no one knows that as he does
this, he must also shield his people from their past. When a witch with no ties
bursts into his life, he must decide if he can overcome the depravity of his
secrets and trust the one person who could break the fragile hold on his
control.

Grieving
over the loss of her twin and on the run from the unknown, Leah Helm knows she
is far more alone than she thought possible. Her coven shunned her before she
was born and the wolves she sought protection with are in a war of their own.
When a wolf with a whisper of secrets is forced to work with her in order to
protect their people, she finds she might not be so alone after all.

The
world knows more than they ever have before about those shrouded in darkness,
while Ryder and Leah are thrust into the center of a conflict they never should
have been part of to begin with. On their journey they must not only fight
those against them, but the burning temptation that is flaring between them.
Fate might have paved their path, but that doesn’t mean they have to follow.

Ryder’s
wolf pressed into him, needing Leah’s touch more than air. The man, however,
knew better than that and refused to give in. Though the pain in Leah’s scent
was palpable, he wasn’t about to do what his wolf wanted to do—claim her so
they alone could care for her.

They
sat in Walker’s living room since his home was attached to the clinic. They
hadn’t called for the entire family to watch the footage, as they could easily
watch at home, and there would be a meeting later to discuss it anyway.
However, Brandon, Gideon, Brie, Walker, Leah and himself remained to watch the
world change yet again

.

Leah
sat next to him, as his wolf wouldn’t let any other arrangement work. He’d
tried to keep a respectable distance between them, but then Brandon had sat on
the other side of Leah, and Ryder had not so subtlety pressed his leg into
hers. The others had noticed, of course, but he’d noticed the way her shoulders
had lowered at his touch.

Whatever
was happening between them wasn’t one-sided, it seemed.

And
that would only make things that much harder when the time came to do what must
be done.

Excerpt 2:

Things
weren’t always as clear as some would like.

His
wolf howled at him, wanting to claim Leah and call it a day. Ryder wanted to
simultaneously run away and bring her into his arms. If things were going to
work out, if he were going to help her survive and figure out the witch
problem, he needed to lay out the issues. He needed to tell her what his wolf
wanted, and at least part of why they couldn’t be together.

Hell.

He
opened his front door and let her enter first. As he closed the door behind
him, he ignored the curious glances aimed his way from the people outside. He’d
deal with those later.

They
made their way into the kitchen, and he pulled out a couple of glasses for
water. He’d need to feed them eventually, and probably show her around, but
first, he needed to figure out what to do with his hands.

“I
don’t know how I ended up here.” Leah let out a frustrated breath. “I feel like
I’m walking through a fog and I can’t find my way out. One minute, I’m running
for my life; the next, I’m somehow living with a man I don’t know.” She met
Ryder’s gaze. “Why am I here, Ryder? Why do I feel this pull to you? Is it
magic? Because it’s not my magic.”

Ryder
ran a hand through his hair. There was only one way to do this. Either way, it
would hurt, but putting it out there clear and concise would make it easier. At
least, he hoped.

“We’re
mates.”

Her
eyes widened fractionally. “I had guessed that.” She tilted her head, looking
so much like a wolf it surprised him. “And yet, you don’t sound happy about
it.”

New
York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan never thought she’d
be a writer. Not really. No, she loved math and science and even went on to
graduate school in chemistry. Yes, she read as a kid and devoured teen fiction
and Harry Potter, but it wasn’t until someone handed her a romance book in her
late teens that she realized that there was something out there just for her.
When another author suggested she use the voices in her head for good and not
evil, The Redwood Pack and all her other stories were born.

Carrie
Ann is a bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas and has so much
more on her mind (and on her spreadsheets *grins*) that she isn’t planning on
giving up her dream anytime soon.